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Canals Chinese Pioneering Inventions Series
by [Li, Chaodong]
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The five thousand years long magnificent history of China has made the Chinese an intelligent people that created many great world-renowned projects. Some of them survived thousands of years of changes and still benefit us today. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) is an ancient canal with the longest course and largest construction scale in the world. It is also the world's oldest canal.
Canals mainly illustrates the complete development process of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal from the Sui Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty. The book also shows how the canal's completion created tremendous convenience in transportation and great changes for local residents by depicting the prosperous cities along the canal.
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- Royal Collins Publishing Brand
- Oct 20, 2023 Pub Date:
- 9781487811013 ISBN-13:
- 1487811012 ISBN-10:
- 40.0 pages Hardcover
- English Language
- 9.75 in * 0.5 in * 9.75 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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